The most critical and often weakest link in ANY security program is the human element. This is true in data security, and as the events of Christmas day showed us, national security as well.
This is the last thing you'd want during the holiday season.
I lost my purse at a local movie theater recently, and within a couple hours realized my loss. Nervously, I rushed to the customer service department, all the while hoping to get my grey tote bag handed safely from underneath the counter.
There is no such thing as the hack-proof computer.
Once we accept that reality, the next challenge is to acknowledge that a certain amount of IT risk is a part of conducting business. Risks also come in many different forms. I'm often asked which is worse -- regulatory, policy or compliance risk? I believe it may...
The FDIC-assisted BB&T acquisition of Colonial is ironic and inexplicable. The acquisition means that federal regulators have allowed a bank, already "too big to fail," to continue to grow massively.
We should learn several lessons from the BB&T acquisition of Colonial:
The sudden emergence of H1N1 influenza has sent worldwide stress signals throughout the already burdened financial organizations. The potential effects of an unknown virus justify that concern.
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